Seed-planter



(No Model.) 2 sheetsshed 2.

- G. D. HAWORTH.

l SEED PLANTBR.. No. 283.781. Patented Aug. 28', 1883.

UNITED STATES PATENT vEEicE.

GEORGE D. HAVORTH, OF DEGATUR, ILLINOIS.

SEED-PLANTER.

t SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 283,781, dated August 28, 1883.

Application filed March 8, 18%3. (No model.)

To all who/7L it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE D. HAWOETH, of Decatur, county of Macon, and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Secd-Blanters, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had tothe accompanyingdrawings, making part of this specification.

My invention relates to the cut-off or striker employed in connection withthe feedwheel for removing the surplus seed from the measuring cups or pockets of said wheel, and it consists in a cut-off made in the form of a yielding slide or plunger moving in a suitable' socket in the shell of the feed or distributing wheel, and combined with suitable frictionrollers for giving it ease of movement, and a spring for holding it to its work with the desired pressure, as hereinafter explained.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a side elevation of the shell or casing of the seed-wheel with the cap-plate, covering the cutoff, removed to show the latter.

. Fig. 2 shows the cut-oil in rear and side elevations. Figs. 3 and 3fL represent the removable cap-plate. Fig: 4 shows the friction-rollers detached, and Fig. 5 is a vertical section through the hopper, distributing-wheel, and shell, taken on the line .r x, Fig. 1, and showing the relation ofthe parts.

The arrangement of the distribut-i11g-wheel and its shell or casing relative to the hopper is similar to that described and shown in Letters Patent granted to me June 14, 1881, and said parts need not therefore be described in detail further than is necessary to au understanding of my present improvement.

A represents the seedhopper, provided with an inclined concave bottom, A, opening at its lower side or end into the casing B of the seeddistributing wheel. The wheel is composed ofthe two vertical disks C and C, provided cach with a circle of laterally-proj ecting teeth, c and c', the teeth of one disk passing through perforations in and between the teeth of the other disk, the extent of projection of the teeth of one disk between those of the other disk regulating the size of the measuringcups, as explained in my former patent re` ferred to.

Of the shell or casing B B represent the an- `carried onward successively by the rotation of the seed-wheel to a dischargeopening, a, in

the outer wall, b, of the channel B, and pass under a cut-off or striker, D, forming the rear wall, relatively to thevmovement of the wheel, of the opening A2 in the channel B, through which the seed passes into the feed-wheel.

This cut-off is located just in advance of thel discharge-opening a, and serves to remove or strike off surplus seed beyond the regulated capacity of the seeding-cups. The form of this cut-off is shown in Fig. 2, its lower beveled end reaching down into close proximity with the upper inner faces ofthe teeth of the seeding-wheel, and its upper or shank end passing up through a slot, b, in the inner wall, b", of the channel B into a chamber, E, formed in the shell B. The chamber E may conform to the angular shape of the shouldered or ilanged shank D of the cut-off D; or it may be enlarged, as shown, to reduce the weight ofthe shell or casing, and in the latter case the side walls of the chamber, of which the removable cap D2 forms one, may be grooved or recessed at E to conform to the shape and accommodate the movements of said shank end ofthe cut-off, and to form bearing-walls for its friction-rollers c and c. The shank D is provided, just above the channel-wall 5*, with a rearwardly-proj ecting ange or lip, d,which rests upon the roller c', and at its upper end' with a forwardly-projecting lip or flange, d,

which rests on the roller e, said rollers, ar-

ranged as described, serving best to sustain the pressure ofthe grain or seed on the cutoff. Upon the shoulder or iiange d, and between said shoulder or ange and the upper wall, f, of the portion E2 of the chamber E, is

placed a spiral spring, g, which serves to hold the cut-off down toits work with the required pressure, while at the same time permitting it to yield upward to an obstruction or pressure which would endanger its safety or render it liable to crush or injure the seed. The rollers c and c', in such yielding movement ofthe loo cut-off, travel up and down on their support-v ingwalls, relieving the frictional resistance of and facilitating the movement of the cut-off, as described. The operation of the cut-off Willbe readily understood. The form of shank D of the cut-off and of the chamber in the lshell to accommodate said shank may be varied; but that shown and described has been found satisfactory in practice.

Having novr described my invention,what I claim as new isl. The combination, with the distributing- Wheel and the chambered shell or casing theref for, of the sliding cut-off or striker, and the spring for holding` said cut-off to its Work with a yielding pressure, substantially as described.

2. rlhe chambered distributer-Wheel casing,

,in combination with the yielding slide or cutscribed.

off, and the friction-rollers facilitating the movements of said cutfoft, substantially as desliding cut-ofi' D, friction-rollers e and e', and

spring g, substantially as and for Vthe purpose described.

In testimony whereof Ihave hereunto set my hand this 5th day of March, A. D. 1883.

. GEORGE D. HAVVORTH.

' Witnesses:

C. O. JUDsoN, THEO. COLEMAN. 

